Work & commute · Devils Lake

Work & commute in Devils Lake, ND

53% of Devils Lake’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Fargo (5%), Grand Forks (4%) and Bismarck (4%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53%

1,677 of 3,141 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,464 Devils Lake residents head out of town to work, 1,677 work right here, and 2,359 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Devils Lake.

1,464live here, work elsewhere

1,677live and work here

2,359work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Devils Lake goes to work

Devils Lake (in town)right here

53%1,677

Fargo128.7 mi away

5%171

Grand Forks83.7 mi away

4%141

Bismarck126 mi away

4%125

Oberon20.1 mi away

3%102

Mission8.4 mi away

3%96

Fort Totten11.8 mi away

2%75

Creel2 mi away

2%62

Jamestown83.8 mi away

1%47

Poplar Grove6.7 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%613

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Devils Lake commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

61%

27%

61%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Devils Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Devils Lake are

4,036 jobs are based in Devils Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Devils Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Devils Lake

4,036 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Devils Lake residents hold

3,141 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

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Jobs based in Devils Lake, 2013 → 2023: 4,109 → 4,036. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.